Dr. Jeremy Williams

Education:
Ph.D., M.A., University of California-Los Angeles
M.A.T.S., Portland Seminary
B.A., Wheaton College
B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology

712-707-7028
jeremy.williams@nwciowa.edu

Dr. Williams has a wealth of educational and teaching experience. After earning engineering degrees from Wheaton College and Illinois Institute of Technology, he earned a master's degree in theological studies, with a focus on biblical studies, from George Fox Evangelical Seminary (now Portland Seminary). He then completed both a master's degree and doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC) from UCLA. While pursuing his graduate degrees at UCLA, he was a teaching assistant, teaching associate, and teaching fellow for the university's NELC department. He also served two years as an adjunct professor of Old Testament studies at Portland Seminary.

+Publications and presentations"The Second Temple" in The Database of Religious History (Vancouver, BC: UBC, Forthcoming) "'You Have Entered Joppa:' 3D Modeling of Jaffa's New Kingdom Egyptian Gate," Near Eastern Archaeology (Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press for the American Schools of Oriental Research, 2016) "Gopher Wood" in the Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, H. Spieckermann and C.L. Seow, eds. (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2015) "Hare Hebrew Bible/Old Testament" in the Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, H. Spieckermann and C.L. Seow, eds. (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2015) "Performativity of KTU 1.178: Power of Words in Speech and Writing at Ugarit," Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting; San Diego, CA, 2019 "The Babylonian Destruction of Jerusalem and the Exile," for Jerusalem: Holy City course; UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, Spring 2019 Guest Lecture "From Reciprocity to Economic Trade in 2 Chronicles 2," Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting; Boston, MA, 2017 "3D Modeling Jaffa's New Kingdom Egyptian Fortress," Lecture at Cotsen Institute of Archaeology; UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2017

+Professional experienceAdjunct Professor of Old Testament Studies, Portland Seminary of George Fox University (2022-24) Teaching Fellow, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department, University of California-Los Angeles (2019-21) Teaching Associate, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department, University of California-Los Angeles (2018-19) Teaching Assistant, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department, University of California-Los Angeles (2015-19)

+MembershipsSociety of Biblical Literature Society of Vineyard Scholars

+HonorsGraduate Research Mentorship, UCLA Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Summer Language Fellowship for Modern Hebrew, UCLA Biblical Archaeology Society Excavation Scholarship